2 boys arraigned for having gay sex in church

by ‘Jola Sotubo Two men who allegedly had sexual intercourse inside a church building will be arraigned today in Osun. Samuel Friday,19 and Oni Oluwatobi, 18, are to be tried for the indecent act which they were said to have perpetrated within the auditorium of the Peace of Jesus Apostolic Church located at Asubiaro area... Read More

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November 14, 2013

Stella Oduah is a lucky woman: Senate makes u-turn, cancels meeting with her [DETAILS]

The Senate Thursday made a U-turn from its initial resolution on the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah to appear before the plenary to explain how the aviation industry was run as it now directed that the minister should appear before the Committee on Aviation instead of coming to the plenary. – See more at: The... Read More

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November 10, 2013

Opinion: Ngige has received money to build mosque in Awka, convert Anambrarians

by Okike Ozoemena Senator Chris Ngige, APC candidate in the coming gubernatorial election in Anambra State has allegedly received a large sum of money from undisclosed Arab sources who are said to be sympathetic to his APC backers to build a magnificent mosque in Awka and convert the predominantly Christian population of Anambra State to... Read More

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November 8, 2013

Done deal: Senate approves extension of emergency rule

by ‘Jola Sotubo The request made by President Goodluck Jonathan to the Nigerian Senate to enable the extension of the period of emergency rule in some troubled states of the Federation has been granted. The apex legislative house yesterday approved the president’s application for the continuation of the state of emergency status in Adamawa, Borno... Read More

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October 28, 2013

Duro Onabule: Stella Oduah is not worse than Obasanjo

by Duro Onabule The proof was the Senate probe of the Petroleum Training Development Fund (PTDF) during the Obasanjo administration. Headed by Senator Ndoma Egba (currently still serving), the panel discovered that the huge sum of two hundred and fifty million naira was paid from the agency as legal fees for Obasanjo. Worse than that,... Read More

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October 23, 2013

ASUU ‘wants N1.5 trillion’ to end strike – Senate reveals

The Senate on Wednesday said that the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) wants N1.5 trillion to end its ongoing strike. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, released the figure in his contribution on a motion urging the striking lecturers to call off their strike. The motion... Read More

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October 8, 2013

Opinion: Letter to the Senate on Internet monitoring

by Adeolu Ademoyo So there is something intensely immoral in the Nigerian presidency’s publicly stated position on the country’s security, Boko Haram, Internet monitoring and the firming of such contract in a morally questionable secretive manner on internet monitoring to a foreign firm and its stated positions on International forum subscribing to “free flow of... Read More

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October 5, 2013

Supporters of arrested kidnap kingpin go haywire, attack monarchs and PDP chieftain in Delta

by ‘Jola Sotubo Despite the heavy security presence in the area, a new wave of violence yesterday swept over the Kokori area of Delta State, believed to be the stronghold of alleged robbery and kidnap kingpin, Kelvin Oniarah. Armed gunmen numbering about 30 and believed to be loyalists of Kelvin yesterday attacked two of the... Read More

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September 26, 2013

Alkasim Abdulkadir: #OurNASS – Who will pay the hardship allowance of 112 million poor Nigerians? (Y! FrontPage)

by Alkasim Abdulkadir The protest is not just about the National Assembly it is a metaphor for the sky rocketing cost of governance in Nigeria in the midst of such hopeless poverty, it is time the citizens of Nigeria begin to take Nigeria more seriously… In truth the cost of governance in Nigeria is tragically... Read More

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September 20, 2013

UK visa bond: Senate drops motion to condemn proposed policy

by Oge Okonkwo The Senate yesterday reportedly rejected the motion to condemn the proposed introduction of £3,000 visa bond by Britain for Nigerians travelling to the United Kingdom for the first time. The reason most of the senators gave was that it was too early in the day, premature and pre-emptive to consider such a motion for... Read More

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August 3, 2013

Mina Ogbanga: Facing the crux of the matter – Who are we up against? (Y! FrontPage)

by Mina Ogbanga Then let’s start by facing the crux of the matter and also remember that “Those whose palm kernels have been cracked for them by some benevolent spirits must also learn to be humble.” Not too long ago, I watched in amazement how Nigeria was classically humbled by the boisterous, goal hungry,... Read More

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August 3, 2013

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Local government autonomy – Let’s scrap the Senate (Y! Politico)

by Salihu Tanko Yakasai The Governors and their collaborators in the senate hide behind “corruption” to not grant these local governments autonomy, how pathetic!!! Who are the biggest and most corrupt office holders in the land if not these Governors and these Senators?…. Once again, our senators have added yet another reason for us to... Read More

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July 29, 2013

Ochereome Nnanna: Why we need an entirely new Constitution

by Ochereome Nnanna We are in this constitutional mess because the military bequeathed a document that is simply unviable, inchoate and discreditable. It is like trying to patch a structurally flawed building which has developed cracks all over. Between 2005 and 2006, the regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo started elaborate amendment of the 1999 Constitution.... Read More

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July 29, 2013

Enyinnaya Abaribe: The Senate did not vote on marriage age

by Enyinnaya Abaribe At no time was marriage as a section of the constitution discussed or voted for. The Senate last week voted on the report of its constitutional review committee and at the end of it all, it once again achieved a milestone in altering the 1999 constitution to bring the document in line... Read More

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July 26, 2013

“There is a lack of ownership of the 1999 Constitution” – Oby Ezekwesili addresses the #ChildNotBride debate (TWEETS)

by Isi Esene Former World Bank Vice President, Oby Ezekwesili has lent her voice to the growing number of Nigerians objection to the inability of the Senate to make amendments to Section 29 of the Nigerian Constitution which allows young girls to make decisions bothering on their nationality based on their marital status. Ezekwesile who... Read More

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July 24, 2013

Opinion: Meet Sani Yerima, the libidinous senator

by Bayo Oluwasanmi What type of people do we elect to run the affairs of our country? What do you expect when law breakers are law makers? What happens when ex-felons, absconded criminals, thieves, empty headed and sin-soaked apostates and “Cows of Bashan” preside over the affairs of a nation? Wise men talk because they... Read More

July 23, 2013

Opinion: A brief legal perusal of the child marriage campaign

by Oluwatosin Falaiye I believe a large part of the raging debate lies is who exactly the law would construe to be a woman as stipulated in Section 29 (4) (b). Nigerians generally have an uncanny ability to make light of any kind of situation, be it perilous, flimsy or even inconsequential. Our capacity to... Read More

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July 22, 2013

Opinion: The Child-Not-Bride campaign – A representation of our collective ignorance

by Habeeb Kolade The Child-Not-Bride campaign was uncalled for and insightfully a representation of our collective ignorance of the law binding the Nigerian society… The hullabaloo created by the recent retention of a sub section of the Nigerian constitution was deafening. And once again, Nigerians expressed how much their sentiments have overridden their sense of... Read More

July 22, 2013

YNaija Ombudsman: Why we align ourselves with the #ChildNotBride campaign

by Editorial Board After the initial burst of emotions and passion following the Senate’s constitutional amendments last week, a counter-movement has emerged over the weekend – and, according to its drivers, the young people crying against the Senate’s action last week were misguided, ignorant and misinformed. This view has gained particular currency this morning, including... Read More

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July 22, 2013

Naomi Lucas: What’s all this noise about the girl child?

by Naomi Lucas Last week Nigeria’s Senate Constitution Review Committee proposed the deletion of Section 29, Subsection 4b of our Constitution. 79 out of 109 Senators voted in favour of the deletion. Senator Ahmed Yerima then proposed a re-vote citing some part of the Constitution as justification. David Mark, the Senate President agreed. 35 Senators... Read More

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July 22, 2013

Cheta Nwanze: I am sick and tired of ignorant people with BlackBerrys (Y! FrontPage)

by Cheta Nwanze Changing that discussion requires actually going to the National Assembly and putting the issue on the table. Until we are actually ready to do that, please get the hell off of my timeline. Saturday morning, I went to The Palms Shopping Mall in Lekki to join in signing the petition regarding the hashtag #ChildNotBride.... Read More

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July 22, 2013

Opinion: We are fighting the wrong battle on child marriage

by Ezebuike Temple ….section 277 of the Act supra defines a child as any one below 18 years of age, and sections 21 and 22 of the same Act supra criminalise marriages to persons below 18, imposing a punishment of N500,000 and a 5-year jail term. The news of the Nigerian Senate passing a law... Read More

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July 21, 2013

Egghead Odewale: Child marriage – Let’s elevate this discussion

by Egghead Odewale I dare say that in the face of the multitudes of adversity confronting Nigerians daily and the pervasive discontent within the polity, a good number of Nigerians, given the free chance, would renounce their citizenship well ahead of this age whether or not it is a wise decision to make. Senator Ike... Read More

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July 21, 2013

Opinion: Now that your 10-year-old girl is of marriageable age…

by Ayo Sogunro What the law tries to do is simple: it tries to give a woman who finds herself in an early marriage the same rights and freedom as a person of “full age”. This is possibly, so that she does not lose both ways… Fighting the Good Fight Mass hysteria is a wonderful... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Femi Fani-Kayode: A nation of depraved perverts and paedophiles

by Femi Fani-Kayode …Every single member of the Nigerian Senate that voted with Yerima on that day and that supported his filthy agenda should bow their heads in utter shame and they should be compelled to offer their own infant and under age daughters to strangers for marriage. The Nigerian Senate includes some of the brightest minds in... Read More

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July 20, 2013

Opinion: Child marriage – Stealing their right to inocence

by Hannatu Musawa Every child should, at the very least have the right to grow up and every child should, in its most basic form, have the freedom of innocence. “Elham Mahdi al Assi was a young girl with great plans for her future. Those plans came to a cruel end when she married a... Read More

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July 16, 2013

Strike: Senate, ASUU, FG meeting deadlocked

The negotiations among the Senate, the Federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU over the ongoing industrial action embarked by universities lecturers ended without parties reaching any compromise. The meeting which was at the instance of the chairman, Senate Committee on Education, Senator Uche Chukwumerije, PDP Abia North, was called... Read More

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July 6, 2013

Half of us in the Senate own guns – Sen. Ali Ndume (WATCH)

As Nigerian Senators debated a motion to urge the parliament to stop alleged moves by Zamfara State Governor, Abdulaziz Yari, to arm vigilante groups in the state with rifles in his decision to address insecurity in the state, progressed, Ali Ndume (Borno South) revealed to the chagrin of many that about half of the 109... Read More

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July 3, 2013

Our Senate is gone till September – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

by Cheta Nwanze Now try explaining to a hungry, uneducated, bloodthirsty mob, that you did not chop government money, from the comfort of your air-conditioned sedan car, and tell me how that goes when we meet in the afterlife… The Gavels that purport to represent us in our National Assembly are a very interesting bunch.... Read More

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June 30, 2013

Sad news: Senator Pius Ewherido is dead

by Isi Esene Senator Akpor Pius Ewherido, representing Delta Central is dead. The senator died today at the National Hospital in Abuja. In his reaction to Senator Ewherido’s death, President Goodluck Jonathan expressed “shock and sadness” at the news of his passing. President Goodluck Jonathan in a condolence message on behalf of himself and members... Read More

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2 boys arraigned for having gay sex in church

Stella Oduah is a lucky woman: Senate makes u-turn, cancels meeting with her [DETAILS]

Opinion: Ngige has received money to build mosque in Awka, convert Anambrarians

Done deal: Senate approves extension of emergency rule

Duro Onabule: Stella Oduah is not worse than Obasanjo

ASUU ‘wants N1.5 trillion’ to end strike – Senate reveals

Opinion: Letter to the Senate on Internet monitoring

Supporters of arrested kidnap kingpin go haywire, attack monarchs and PDP chieftain in Delta

Alkasim Abdulkadir: #OurNASS – Who will pay the hardship allowance of 112 million poor Nigerians? (Y! FrontPage)

UK visa bond: Senate drops motion to condemn proposed policy

Mina Ogbanga: Facing the crux of the matter – Who are we up against? (Y! FrontPage)

Salihu Tanko Yakasai: Local government autonomy – Let’s scrap the Senate (Y! Politico)

Ochereome Nnanna: Why we need an entirely new Constitution

Enyinnaya Abaribe: The Senate did not vote on marriage age

“There is a lack of ownership of the 1999 Constitution” – Oby Ezekwesili addresses the #ChildNotBride debate (TWEETS)

Opinion: Meet Sani Yerima, the libidinous senator

Opinion: A brief legal perusal of the child marriage campaign

Opinion: The Child-Not-Bride campaign – A representation of our collective ignorance

YNaija Ombudsman: Why we align ourselves with the #ChildNotBride campaign

Naomi Lucas: What’s all this noise about the girl child?

Cheta Nwanze: I am sick and tired of ignorant people with BlackBerrys (Y! FrontPage)

Opinion: We are fighting the wrong battle on child marriage

Egghead Odewale: Child marriage – Let’s elevate this discussion

Opinion: Now that your 10-year-old girl is of marriageable age…

Femi Fani-Kayode: A nation of depraved perverts and paedophiles

Opinion: Child marriage – Stealing their right to inocence

Strike: Senate, ASUU, FG meeting deadlocked

Half of us in the Senate own guns – Sen. Ali Ndume (WATCH)

Our Senate is gone till September – and more, in today’s news roundup with Cheta Nwanze

Sad news: Senator Pius Ewherido is dead

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